SQL Server for Green BuildingBy HCH Servers Ltd.

Agenda Background Accomplishments Challenges Budget Lessons Learned Conclusion Acknowledgements Questions References

Background Our client relies on data collected from a

device called the CopperCube.

Prior to this project, this data was being backed up to the cloud.

Unfortunately, a large portion of their data was lost through network communication breakdowns.

The goal of this project is to provide our client with an SQL server that will reliably back up data.

Accomplishments Purchase Order approved – February

17th, 2015

Hardware components installed – March 5th, 2015

OS configured (UEFI) – March 6th, 2015

Software components configured – March 13th, 2015

Server deployed in GBT – March 25th, 2015

CopperCube communicates with server – March 25th, 2015

VPN Connection – March 31st, 2015

Challenges Our main challenge was actually getting

our hardware ordered

Due to certain policies, we had to wait roughly a month and a half for our purchase order to be approved.

We were able to work around this issue

While we were waiting for our hardware, we were able to borrow an old server and use it temporarily

We installed and configured everything as if it were our actual server

This allowed us to make mistakes and learn from them so we didn’t make those mistakes on the real server.

Budget Estimated budget: $89,231.19

Actual Budget: $27,731

Variance: $61,500.19

Lessons Learned There is a good chance that your

schedule may not go as planned; it is important to be flexible.

Harden your server after installing SQL.

Check which ports are open if you are having network communication problems.

For a more effective SQL server, one should have many drives so you can put SQL and your Operating System on separate drives.

When a server arrives, make sure to plan a good amount of time for updating drivers.

Conclusion We have successfully built an SQL

server that is capable of effectively backing up our client’s data.

The server can potentially be used for other applications if our client wants to.

Acknowledgements Jason Fisher - PROJ 354 Instructor –

Provided guidance and feedback throughout the semester.

Tom Jackman - ARIS: Sponsored and came up with the project idea. Our main contact for project concerns.

Tyler Willson - ARIS Employee: Provided technical support once server was deployed in the Green Building.

Scott Taylor - SAIT IS Manager: Met with us to discuss purchasing options for hardware and software. He also provided authorization for this project to exist within SAIT’s infrastructure.

Asad Sarfraz - SAIT IS Network: Provided us information and support needed when dealing with SAIT’s network.

Joe Petermann - ARIS: Assisted in the funding application process.

Donald Fast - CopperTree Analyst: Provided guidance with making databases in SQL to make sure they were compatible with the CopperCube.

Derek John - CopperTree Engineer: Provided guidance for CopperCube related issues.

Ryan Mitzer - ESC Automation Tech: Guidance with the SQL Connector.

Zachary Teehan – Memory Express: Consultant for vendor whom we purchased hardware and software.

Dylan Saunders – SAIT Instructor: Provided technical guidance for RAID related issues.

Questions

References [1] Openclipart.org, 2015. [Online].

Available:https://openclipart.org/image/300px/svg_to_png/191766/Question-Guy.png. [Accessed: 10- Apr- 2015].